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Why Portfolio Managers Will Need to Look at Altcoins in 2022

The more uncorrelated they become with bitcoin (itself uncorrelated to traditional assets), the stronger the diversification play.

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Venture Capital Perspective on Crypto in 2022

Chen Li, CEO of Venture Capital firm Youbi Capital, provides his insights on the current and future state of the crypto market. Li discusses the potential of newer layer 1 blockchain projects like Avalanche, Polygon, and Terra, and bitcoin’s influence on the value of other altcoins. Plus, his take on the future of China’s cryptocurrency ecosystem and Jack Dorsey’s recent Twitter statements against Web 3. 

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Crypto Markets See Mixed Session as Terra Falls, NEAR Sets All-Time High

Thursday’s morning session remained muted with mixed results for altcoin traders.

Trading volumes are dropping as the year's end nears. (CoinDesk/CryptoCompare)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Options Lean Bearish as Some Altcoins Outperform

BTC is slightly lower over the past week compared with a 5% rise in Solana’s SOL token and a 38% rise in Avalanche’s AVAX.

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Is Congressman Brad Sherman Embracing Memecoins?

Barely a day after anti-crypto Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) made ironic remarks about Mongoose Coin, a cryptocurrency that did not exist. It became a reality with a market cap of $25 million. Now, Sherman has thanked the Mongoose Community for donating to the Western Kentucky Relief Fund.

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Market Wrap: Altcoins Outperform as Ether Rises Toward $4K

Bitcoin was down about 2%, while ether was roughly flat over the past 24 hours compared with a 4% rise in SOL and a 7% rise in LUNA.

Bitcoin dominance rate declined as altcoins outperformed (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

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Could India Ban Private Cryptocurrencies?

India’s biggest crypto exchange WazirX registered an annual trading volume of over $43 billion, marking a 1,735% growth over 2020, despite lingering regulatory uncertainty and market volatility in the country.

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Solana Leads Gains as Cryptos Recover on Fed Decision

Measures to curb financial stimulus buoyed traditional and crypto markets after days of volatility and stagnation.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Bounces After Fed Decision; Analysts Expect Sideways Trading

Bitcoin is up about 3% over the past 24 hours, compared to a 4% rise in ether and a 14% rise in Solana’s SOL token.

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Market Wrap: Cryptocurrencies Stabilize as Traders Await the Fed

Analysts are cautious about crypto prices as risk appetite wanes.

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